The strikes are part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to destroy ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the Defense Department reported.

“The destruction of ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria also further limits the group’s ability to project terror and conduct external operations throughout the region and the rest of the world, task force officials said,” according to the report.

The reported strikes include all strikes “conducted by fighter, attack, bomber, rotary-wing or remotely piloted aircraft; rocket-propelled artillery; and some ground-based tactical artillery when fired on planned targets, officials noted.”

Officials pointed out: “Ground-based artillery fired in counterfire or in fire support to maneuver roles is not classified as a strike. A strike, as defined by the Coalition, refers to one or more kinetic engagements that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a single or cumulative effect.”